Wednesday, 9 September 2009

InRed & Steady

If you were hoping to get the October issues of Steady and InRed from Kinokuniya today for the Agnes B. and Marc Jacobs Daisy freebies, well...tough luck. All the copies at all 3 branches of Kino have sold out or been reserved despite today being the first day of of release of the mags in Singapore. I called the Ngee Ann City store around 4pm but all had been snapped up.

Pretty silly of Kino not to have anticipated the high demand for these mags by ordering more copies than usual (I think they only bring in 10 copies or less for Steady and InRed which are not as popular as say, CanCam, Voce etc). (Edited to add: Kino is bringing in more copies possibly on this Friday so do call the store to check if you want them.) There should be a sea shipment in a few weeks but I decided to get them through a friend in Japan rather than trying my luck at Kino again.

I was at the Ngee Ann City store at 2.10pm, and everything was all gone (reserved or sold to walk-in customers).

I decided to try my luck at the Kino over @ Bugis and there were 3 people in the queue when i got here at 3.40pm. The store officially started selling at 4pm, and I think by then, there were about 6 or 7 people in the queue.

The Agnes B really looks alot smaller than on the video clip. I didn't get the InRed, and now I'm kicking myself for passing that up!

I also called up Kinokuniya@Ngee Ann City at around 3plus and was informed that both magazines were already out of stock. Have never encountered this situation before. I only managed to reserve a copy of InRed at the Bugis branch when I finally got through their line at slightly past 4pm. Guess I've to call up Kinokuniya (NAC) on Friday or wait for the sea shipment for the Steady magazine.

I thought most ppl would anticipate these 2 to sell fast as the free gift bears a branded name to it. I didn't bother to go down to Kino too. I'm actually waiting to get a larger tote bag. Either the Cath Kidston mook or the Jill Stuart large tote with CanCam magz. Also, the Gucci namecard holder that comes with Numero may also be good.

hi,The Liang Court branch is closing down? I didn't know that. Guess it's out of the way for most people unlike the Ngee Ann City store. Thanks for the info! I'm getting the mags from Japan through a friend :-)

Hi,Yes, for magazines, it is the per book charge. So it is a flat base charge of 1900yen plus 300yen per item. But if you ship within Japan, there is free shipping for purchase of above 1500yen. Amazon Japan has already sold out of Steady but it has InRed.

Infomation provided is based on my own news and knowledge and does not reflect Kinokuniya's views or comments. Time stated is subjected to changes or unforseen circumstance. Info provided is based on the Ngee Ann City Main store and release time may varies for individual stores. So please do not hog the phone from early on. 2PM is the time.

Hi ytd I cal bugis , they say start at 2pm. But just nw I r at 2pm. The person say 4pm then start. I nv wait. Will wait for next shipment. But bugis say next shipment oso all reserved oso. But ngee Ann city dun let ppl reserve. So many ppl buying.